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5.1 classifying rock

Vocabulary


texture- the look and feel of the rocks surface.
grains-rocks that are made up of particles of other rocks or minerals.
igneous-forms from the cooling of molten rock.
sedimentary-forms when particles of other rocks or the leftovers of plants and animals are compressed into each other.
metamorphic-formed when a rock is changed by heat,pressure,or chemical reactions.